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A parish in Witheridge Hundred, the Archdeaconry of Barnstaple, and the Diocese of Exeter."THELBRIDGE is a parish and village on the road from Crediton to South Molton, 5 miles north-east from Lapford station on the North Devon branch of the London and South Western railway, 9 north-north-west from Crediton, 7 east-south-east from Chulmleigh and 15 north-west from Exeter, in the Northern division of the county, Witheridge hundred, South Molton petty sessional division, Crediton union and county court district, rural deanery of Chulmleigh, archdeaconry of Barnstaple and diocese of Exeter. The church of St. David is a small building of stone in the Early English style. . . . in the church is a tablet to the Rev. Robert Venn, sometime rector here, who died in 1689, and is mentioned in Fox's "Sufferings of the Clergy": the stained east window was presented by the parishioners in 1872, in which year the church was thoroughly restored at a cost of £650, and has 150 sittings. The register dates from about 1612. . . . The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 4,006 acres; rateable value, £2,599; the population in 1901 was 319." [From: Kelly's Directory of Devonshire, 1902]
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Snetzler, M.F. North Devon Surname Index to the Census. Microfiche: M.F. Snetzler, Barcott, Buckland Brewer, Bideford, Devon EX39 5LN. [Covers 1881 census records for this parish]
Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1633 are held in a special collection in the Westcountry Studies Library - for details see Parish Registers in the Devon & Cornwall Record Society's Collection.
The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1856 - for details see their book list.
Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1633-1837 and Marriages 1635-1639, 1654-1837.
The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
The Online Parish Clerk scheme's representative for this parish is Rob Adams, who invites queries and lookup requests.
Somerwill - a Devon Family, by John S. Summerwill.
Leach, Margaret. John Greenslade, Devon Family Historian, vol. 123, (2007) pp.7-8. [b. Thelbridge 1846, emigrated to Canada 1888]
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Thelbridge contributors to a 1678 brief for the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral.
Transcription of the will of George Elworthy (1623) provided by Christine Gibbins.
Last updated: 25 Aug 2011 - Brian Randell
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